Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, lecturer, and judicial candidate.

He worked for 15 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he gained national attention as a co-prosecutor in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson.

After Hodgman was incapacited by stress-related illness in the courtroom shortly before opening statements, Darden was named co-prosecutor.

[2] Darden's friendship with Cochran, who was a prominent figure on Simpson's defense team, became heavily strained due to their clashing positions regarding the inclusion of racism in the case.

[4] Darden left the District Attorney's office after the Simpson case[5][6] and joined the faculty of the Southwestern University School of Law.

[citation needed] He has made guest appearances on Touched by an Angel,[7] Girlfriends, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Howard Stern Show, Muppets Tonight, Roseanne, the movie Liar Liar (uncredited), and the TV movie One Hot Summer Night (in which he plays a disgruntled policeman).

[16] As of April 2020[update], Darden is representing a man accused of pulling a knife on a television crew at a COVID-19 anti-lockdown protest rally in Huntington Beach and forcing them to delete footage.

[17] It was reported in August 2020 that Darden would briefly represent Corey Walker for arraignment, the alleged killer of rapper Pop Smoke.

[18][19][20] Darden ran for judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2024, but lost to Leslie Gutierrez.